词汇 | plainness |
释义 | plainness noun [ U ] uk/ˈpleɪn.nəs/ us/ˈpleɪn.nəs/ (NOT BEAUTIFUL) (尤指女性)相貌平平,不好看 the fact of not being beautiful The only women ever seen there were those whose age and plainness guaranteed respectability. 在那里唯一见过的女人,是那些年龄和平凡相貌都能保证受人尊敬的女人。
(CLEAR QUALITY) 直率,坦诚 the fact of being clearly understood because of being obvious or being very honest He told us with great plainness what we had done wrong. 他非常坦率地告诉我们哪里做错了。 To Minnesotans, there is no greater virtue than plainness: being honest, straightforward, unpretentious, plain-spoken. 对明尼苏达人来说,没有比坦率更大的美德:诚实、直率、朴实无华、直言不讳。
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